And then the answer becomes ``You should have used
%{$this->{'stopped_content'}}''. See the difference here? One
question can be answered; the other can't.

Here's another recent one:

>i get errors when i try:
>/BOB/d;

Answer: ``Yes, that's what's supposed to happen.''

I am happy to report that the original author did actually include X:

>i get errors when i try:
>/BOB/d;
>trying to delete all BOBs from my file

The answer is now clear: ``Use print unless /BOB/... blah blah or
see perlfaq5 `How do I delete a line in a file' ''

I don't have many examples where the author really blew it,
because I try not to answer those questions. I figure that even if I
don't, someone else will come along and say ``Because
you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to magically know
what you mean, Retardo!''. And even if nobody does come
along and say this, that's not a bad thing.

Well, here's one I was able to dig up from last month:

Xxxx Xxxxxx wrote:

> I've written a routine to get the file size of each file within a
> specific directory.
> however, it only works on particular files. There doesn't seem to
> be a pattern either. I'm using NT as a platform.
> Any suggestions ?